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POSTPONED: IP360 Webinar Series – Innovation and patent strategy, joined by David Goodfellow
09 December 2020A new date will be announced shortly. Please register to receive an update for this webinar.
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Legal Island and Lewis Silkin webinar: Comparative Employment Law Update
24 March 2022Our Comparative Employment Law Table has been updated and expanded to include recent Republic of Ireland developments (of which there are many).
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Brexit means... it's the end of free movement as we know it
18 January 2017As expected, Prime Minister Theresa May today laid out plans for what has come to be known in the press as a “hard Brexit”.
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The half way point to Brexit: 12 months down, 12 months to go
29 March 2018Today marks the one year anniversary since Article 50 was triggered on 29 March 2017. The last 12 months have seen a number of key developments. Following the end of the first stage of negotiations in Brussels, there is now an agreement in place for the rights of EU nationals and their family members living in the UK. Last week saw the announcement that the UK and EU have finally agreed a deal on the transition period.
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Harry Potter, Fracking, eco-warriors and ‘mob rule’ or freedom of expression – the Court of Appeal decides in the Ineos injunction case
04 April 2019Where is the dividing line between mob rule and lawful freedom of expression? This is one of the leading questions of the day. Should students be permitted to invite politicians with extreme views onto campus? Should a celebrated Oxford law professor be sacked for alleged homophobia? What about Brexit? Should protestors be arrested for confronting our MPs and expressing their views? And companies carrying out their lawful business – should they be allowed to do so without interference from protestors?
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SPA warranty claims - getting the notice right
17 June 2021Today’s challenging economic climate has reduced the value of many businesses.
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Brand owners gain another tool in the war against counterfeits (Brands & IP Newsnotes - issue 3)
23 October 2016Brand owners will welcome a ruling from the CJEU over the summer that an operator of a physical marketplace can be an ‘intermediary’ for the purposes of Article 11 of the IP Enforcement Directive.
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Bosses don't want a Brexit bonfire of red tape say Michael Burd and James Davies
26 July 2017Contrary to popular perception, most employers are happy with current levels of regulation" write Michael Burd and James Davies write Management Today.
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RMT union calls for members to vote for Brexit
08 April 2016James Davies and Bethan Carney have been quoted in an article by the Financial Times regarding the employment implications of Brexit.
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Natasha Hotson cited in Vogue magazine: An Italian Living in London On Brexit Britain
03 July 2017Natasha Hotson has been mentioned in an article for Vogue magazine where Italian born Cristina Ruiz discusses her experience as an Italian living in London since the Brexit referendum.
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Naomi Hanrahan-Soar comments for LexisNexis: New start-up visa could mark ‘shift towards more positive immigration policy’
15 June 2018In an article for LexisNexis, Naomi Hanrahan-Soar discusses the implications of the new visa routes announced by The Home Secretary, adding that it will hopefully ‘mark a shift toward more positive immigration news and policy’.
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The British National (Overseas) visa scheme and migration from Hong Kong to the UK
02 July 2020On 1 July 2020 the UK government announced its commitment to establish a new visa scheme for all British National (Overseas) persons and their dependants. This will provide a readily available opportunity for millions of residents of Hong Kong to move the UK far more easily than those routes currently open to them.
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EU Commission confirms its views on EWCs and a “no-deal” Brexit
01 May 2019The European Commission (“EC”) has recently revised its March 2018 guidance on the legal repercussions of the UK’s withdrawal from the EU for European Work’s Councils (“EWCs”), including the implications of a “no-deal” Brexit.
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New video sharing platform regulations - something to get twitchy about?
26 October 2020Does your website/app/platform allow the sharing of videos? Even just as an add-on to its main activities? If so new regulations governing video sharing platforms need to be on your radar.
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Vaccination for Covid-19 – can employers require their employees to be vaccinated?
07 December 2020With a vaccination against coronavirus in sight, many employers will understandably be eager to have their employees vaccinated in hope of their workplace finally returning to some form of normality. This article explores some of the legal issues.
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James Davies comments for The Times: No-deal Brexit advice ‘useless’
20 September 2018In an article for The Times, James Davies discusses the contingency plans businesses are making to move operations out of the UK, to avoid a hard Brexit.
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Expert Q&A on Brexit's impact on US employers
20 December 2016An expert Q&A with James Davies regarding how the Brexit vote impacts US employers.
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Model clauses for EU-US data transfers under threat in latest Schrems challenge
24 July 2019The privacy activist and student, Max Schrems, who started the litigation which ultimately led to the collapse of Safe Harbor, is pursuing a new challenge to the validity of model clauses. The case could have significant ramifications for EU-US data transfers, and also for UK-EU data transfers after Brexit.
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US/UK M&A: Introduction
21 September 2021One of the constant themes of mid-market M&A in the UK is the significant activity generated by US-based buyers acquiring British targets. The US is, by some distance, the single largest holder of foreign direct investments (FDI) in the UK (holding over US$800bn), and those investments represent around 12% of total global US FDI holdings and around 25% of total US FDI in Europe. That translates into a constant stream of acquisition activity here in the UK by both corporate and financial buyers from the US seeking either to expand their access to transatlantic markets or to access British technology and products.
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The Court of Appeal has upheld an EAT decision that Asda’s lower-paid, predominantly female retail staff can compare themselves to higher-paid, mainly male, distribution depot staff.
07 February 2019The Court of Appeal (“CA”) decision is the latest stage in this long-running legal dispute over equal pay. Back in 2014, over 7,000 female Asda retail store workers brought claims in the Employment Tribunal (“ET”) arguing that they were entitled to equal pay with male distribution depot staff, on the basis that their work was of “equal value” to male workers.